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§21A-6-11. Benefit Rate — Partial Unemployment

An eligible individual who is partially unemployed in any week shall, upon claim therefor filed within such time and in such manner as the commissioner may by regulation prescribe, be paid benefits for such partial unemployment in an amount equal to his weekly benefit rate, as determined in accordance with section ten of this article, […]

§21A-6-12. Suspension of Partial Benefit Rights

If at any time the unemployment compensation fund, including the trust fund, clearing account and benefit account, and excluding therefrom an amount, estimated by the commissioner, equal to the sum of the benefit liabilities then accrued and unpaid, shall fall below the sum of $5 million, the commissioner, with the concurrence of a majority of […]

§21A-6-13. Computation of Wage Credits; Determination of Maximum Benefits

The commissioner shall compute wage credits for each individual by crediting him with the wages paid to him for employment by employers during his base period. The maximum total amount of benefits payable to any eligible individual during any benefit year shall not exceed the amount appearing in column (D) on line indicating individual's wage […]

§21A-6-14. Payment of Benefits Upon Decease of Claimant

Accrued benefits due and unpaid on claims filed prior to decease of a claimant may, in the discretion of the commissioner, be paid, without letters of administration, to the surviving spouse, children, or parents of the deceased, in the order of priority enumerated.

§21A-6-15. Benefit Payments for Service With Nonprofit Organizations, State Hospitals, Institutions of Higher Education, Educational Institutions and Governmental Entities

(a) Benefits based on service in employment as defined in subdivisions (9) and (10), section sixteen, article one-a of this chapter, are payable in the same amount, on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as compensation payable on the basis of other service subject to this chapter; except that benefits based on […]

§21A-6-16. Child Support Intercept of Unemployment Benefits

(a) An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of filing such claim, disclose whether or not the individual owes child support obligations as hereafter defined under subsection (g) of this section. If any such individual discloses that he or she owes child support obligations and is determined to be […]

§21A-6-17. Food Stamp Overissuance Intercept of Unemployment Benefits

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section two, article ten of this chapter, the commissioner shall deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation payable to an individual that owes an uncollected overissuance of food stamp coupons, as defined under subsection (f) of this section: (1) The amount, if any, determined pursuant to a written agreement between […]

§21A-6-8. Payment of Benefits

Benefits shall become payable from the fund twenty-four months after the first day when payments first accrue. Benefits shall be payable only with respect to unemployment occurring after expiration of such twenty-four months.

§21A-6-9. Place of Payment

Benefits shall be paid through employment offices or, if the commissioner by rules so prescribes, through the Bureau of Employment Programs' offices, in accordance with such regulations as the commissioner shall prescribe.